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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1984
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119TH YEAR m NO. 49
Loss '..250,000
in Vanastra fire
Firefighters battle blaze for five hours
VANASTRA - Twenty-five firefighters from the Clinton and Brucefield Fire Departments
braved freezing temperatures and strong winds for five hours early Monday morning to put
out a blaze at Vanastra Home Furnishings. Approximately $250,000 damage was done to the
contents and the building.
Larry Lee and his family, who occupied an apartment at the rear of the building, escaped
the fire without injury.
According to the London Free Press, Lee heard a "crackling noise” about 11:30 p.m. The
Free Press also stated that Lee had stoked a wood burning stove earlier that afternoon, but
neither the fire departments or the Goderich OPP have firmly determined the cause.
Owner Garry Hovius, of London; ,was not available for comment, but his wife told the
News -Record that the entire building and the merchandise inside had been lost. She also
stated, "as far as we can see, we don't believe that it was the wood furnace but the cause has
not been pinpointed yet."
The Clinton firefighters were called out to the scene at 12:30 a.m. and Fire Chief Clarence
Neilans said that the men were fighting the blaze until approximately 5:30 a.m. The
Brucefield firefighters had also been called.
Although there was some insurance coverage on the building, the fire comes at a bad time
of year.
"This is the time of year when you count on a few extra sales," commented Mrs. Hovius.
She was unsure of her husband's future business plans.
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Vanastra Home Furnishings suffered approximately $250,000
damage Monday morning when the building and its contents
caught fire. Larry Lee and high family, who live in an apartment in
the building, detected the fire, called the fire department and
managed to escape without injury. The owner of the business is
Garry Hovius of London. Clinton and Brucefield Fire Departments
were both called to the scene at 12:30 p.m. Approximately 25 men
fought the blaze for five hours. ( Anne Narejko photo)
In second time effort
Hydro wants public input
before'routes are . chosen
This time around Ontario Hydro is putting s much data as possible which in turn is
the horse before the cart. made public. The, information gathered in
At least that's its intention in settifig up a the other route stage study will also be
transmission corridor route stage study represented at the hearings next year. ,
which will affect the area from Bruce After presenting the history of the hydro
Nuclear Power Development (BNPD) to transmission studies, which goes back to the
London and an area around Brantford. Porter Commission in the 1970's, Hydro's.
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Hydro officials and representatives of in- overall schedule was reviewed.
terest groups - farmers, Ontario Chamber of Hydro's plan calls for transmission lines
Commerce and, consumers - gathered in out of BNPD in-service by 1989 with a •se -
London Nov. 24 for the first of four an- cond facility in-service by the end of 1990.
ticipated.meetings..Again, Hydro stresses the reason for the
The purpose of the meetings, says Hydro lines is to get bottled up power out of BNPD.
is to get detailed information from these in- Christian farmer's official Elbert Vane
Hydro that at ugth
Donkersgoed
terest groups on the study area before going meeting he feltcautionedas td he was oche
before environmental assessment hearings. reviewing. information rather than par-
ticipating in any decision.
He said if the meetings don't turn out to be
more participatory for the interest groups,
there could be problems at future hearings.
Ken McGregor of the Ontario Cattlemen's
Association wanted guarantees that efforts
put out by him and others involved in the
process wouldn't be overturned by groups,
not present.
Mr. Campbell said while he couldn't give
any guarantees, Ontario Hydro had learned
its lesion .and was- informing the public as
much as possible of developments.
Following the formal presentations, the
group broke upinto three sections -. natural
resources, agriculture, human settle-
ment/recreation/heritage - to go over data
already collected.
The next meeting of the interest groups
with Ontario Hydro will be at the
Lamplighter Inn in London on Dec. 15. It is
expected that two more meetings in the new
year will be held in the Clinton area.
Hydro's intention is to go into an environ-
ment assessment hearing by May of 1985.
with transmission line routes in the 'study
area defined.
This route stage study, ongoing since
August, ,follows a route stage study con-
ducted last year on an area from BNPD-to
Barrie and an area from Nanticoke near
Hamilton to London.
That route stage study was done because
a Consolidated Hearings othatarea
Board,h - out
met
in Stratford in 1982, approved
of six possible areas - for further study.
However, in June of this year, the Divi-
sional Court of Ontario invalidated the
results of those hearings.
Tony McQuail of RR 1, Lucknow,
representing the Foodland-Hydro commit-
tee, said the court turned over the decision
based on the notification process, not the ac-
tual decision.
Rick Campbell of Ontario Hydro 'said the
court decision was "quite a setback" and
the second time around will find Hydro with
Zurich man dies in
single truck crash
GODERICH TWP. - An RR 1 Zurich man
lost his life and his passenger suffered ma-
jor injuries in a one vehicle accident Nov.
28.
Greg Armstrong, 25,.died when his south-
bound 1980 Chevrolet pickup truck left Coun-
ty Road 31, struck a tree and rolled several
times.
Passenger Brad Mann, 22, of Hensall suf-
fered major injuries in the accident which
caused $6,000 damage to the Armstrong
t Greg Armstrong is survived by his wife
Barbara Elaine (Merner) Armstrong, his
parents Floyd and Jean (Taylor) Arm-
Very few people attended an open house staged by Ontario Hydro in Clinton to outline the study areas in which power from the Bruce
Nuclear Power Development may be transported. Here, Joe Gibson, deputy reeve of Hullett Township and a farmer in that
municipality go over the aerial map with the study's project engineer, Glen Hoglund. (James Friel photo)
strong of RR 1 Zurich, his brother Greg of
RR 1 Varna and his sister Frances (Mrs.
Richard Simons) of Brampton.
Also surviving are his grandmother Ger-
trude Taylor of Seaforth and several aunts
and uncles and three nephews.
Reverend Wilena Brown officiated at the
funeral held Dec. 1 at Michael O'Connor
Funeral Homes, 49 Goshen Street North,
Zurich. Interment' followed at the Bayfield
Cemetery. th would be Expressions of sympathy
ap-
preciated in the form of donations to the
Goshen United Church or the Clinton Public
Hospital.
Elementary teachers settle at 4 per cent
"Anytime there is an open discussion it' to $31,730; Level Al - $19,790 to $34,200;
can only be a benefit to both sides," said Mr. Level A2 - $20,910 to $37,040; Level A3 -
Nichols. • $22,790 to $41;510; Level A4 $23;320 to $43,730.
The average teachers' salary under the Underallowances, vice -principals
new collective agreement will be about allowances range from $3,510 per year to
$36,200. $4,280 per year.
There are about 380 teachers affected by
the one year agreement which runs from Co-ordinators receive an allowance of
Sept. 1, 1984 to Aug. 31, 1985. $4,830, principals of schools for the trainable
Mr. Gryseels also pointed out that for the retarded receive an allowance of $5,040 and
first time a benefit committee has-been set principals receive their maximum salary
up which will review the current benefits plus $8,740.
received under the collective agreement. Allowances are added to the salary
Under the new agreement, the salary grid received.
is as follows: Level D - $16,880 to $22,550; Huron County secondary school teachers
Level C - $17,860 to $26,370; Level B - $18,860 will be going to mediation on Dec. 5.
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By Stephanie Levesque
CLINTON - Elementary teachers with the
Huron County Board of Education will
receive a four per cent salary and allowance
increase.
The board and the teachers both ratified
the collective agreement on Monday, Dec. 3.
Superintendent of personnel Peter
Gryseels said the teachers and board
representatives met with fact finder Emer-
son Lavender on Nov. 19 and came up with
an agreement on that first meeting.
"I think it's a good settlement for both
parties," said personnel committee vice-
chairman John Elliott.
Personnel committee chairman John
Jewitt took no part in,. the elementary
teachers contract as hiis daughter is an
elementary school teacher in the county.
"I think we're generally satisfied with
what we received," said teacher spokesman
Wayne Nichols. A
A second teacher rep, Ila Mathers, said it
is "positive" to work with the board as op-
posed to working against it.
Damage $2,000 in crash
ing a Lase tractor nortnbound on Dec. 1
when a scraper blade attached -to the rear of
the tractor and a vehicle owned by George
Barraclough, 37, of RR 1 Varna collided.
Each vehicle received $1,000 damage.
TfJCKERSMITH TWP. - A car and a trac-
tor collided on Highway 4 north of
Brucefield resulting in a total of $2,000
damage.
Donald McIntosh, 21, of Clinton was driv-